Pie marker and trimmer



E. L. SIMPSON.

PIE MARKER AND TRIMMER.

' APPUCATION FILED OCT- 1. 1920.

1,3773%. Patented May 10,1921.

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I To all whom it may concern:

UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EVELYN I. SIMPSON, OF WATERVIIQLE, MAINE.

PIE MARKER AND TRIMMER.

' which the following is a specification.

simple to operate and readily cleaned.

This invention relates to devices for marking and trimmin pies and hasfor its object the production 0 an article of this character which willbe' inexpensive to construct,

The invention consists of a handle having pivotally mounted on one end arevoluble disk having a cutting edge and a plurality of lateralprojections extending from one fac; and equi-distant from the center ofsaid dis v The invention further consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be understood readilybyreference to the description of the drawings and to the claims to behereinafter given. 7

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, one preferred formthereof is illustrated in the drawings, this form having been found togive satisfactory and reliable results although it is to be understoodthat the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists canbe variously arranged and organized and the invention is not limited tothe precise arrangement and organization of these instrunientalities asherein shown and described, except as required by the scope of theappended claims.

Of the-drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a device embodying theprinciples of the present invention.

Fig. 2 represents an edge view of the same.

Fig. 3 represents a rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section on line 4, 4, on Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 represents a section through the handle on line 5, 5, on Fig. 3.

Similar characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures ofthe drawm s.

i in the drawings, 10 is a handle made of sheet metal folded over sothat its edges abut as indicated at 11.

The body portion 12 of the handle is made with its sides separated asshown in Fig. 5

Specification of Letters latent.

Application filed October 1,

1920. Serial No. 414,016.

' While the opposite end thereof is compressed so that the inner facesof the side walls are in contact as indicated in Fig. 4.

'One end of the handle 10 has secured therein, a stud 13 which ispreferably riveted thereto and said stud is provided with a headedprojection 14 which extends through a central opening in a disk' 15.

The projection 14 is of greater length than the thickness of the disk 15so that the said disk 15 is freely revoluble about said projection, thehead 16 of which is of sufficient diameter to prevent the displacementof the disk.-

To reduce the frictional contact of said .disk with said handle 10, thelatter is bent outwardly at 17 leaving only a small surface Ba-tentedMay 10, 1921.

about the stud 13 which can contact with the disk 15.

This disk 15 is concaved as indicated at 18 in Fig. 4 and has a sharpedge 19 adapted to cut off the surplus dough from the pie when thedevice is used. v

The disk 15 has cut therein, a plurality of U-shaped incisions formingears integral with the disk 15 and these ears are bent laterally fromthe concaved face of the said disk thus forming projections 20 which arearranged in a circular path and equidistant from the center of the diskas indicated in Figs. 3 and 4.

The various projections are separted from each other as Shown in saidFigs. 3 and 4:, the width of the space between the projections beingpreferably substantially the width of the said projections 20.

The ends of theprojections20 are preferably rounded off as indicated at21 in Figs.

2 and 4. Y

These projections 20 are located a distance from the cutting edge 19greater than the thickness of the pie plate and the upper and lowerdough layers of the pie thereon.

When the device is to be used, the operator grips the handle 10 and cutsthrough the dough layers with the cutting edge 19 and then moves thedevice around the edge of the pie plate with the projections 20extendllt It is obvious that owing to the concaved formation of the disk15 and the fact that the base ends of the projections 20 are fartherfrom the center of the pie than the cuttingedge 19, the corrugations inthe pie will always extend to the extreme outer edge of said pie.

The device is inexpensive to construct, simple in operation and can becleansed quickly thereby making it perfectly sanitary.

It is believed that the operation and many advantages of the inventionwill be understood readily Without further description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. A device of the classdescribed consisting of a handle; a disk revolubly mounted on With aplurality of lateral projections stamped therefrom and equi-distant fromthe center of said disk; and a pivot member secured in one end of saidhandle and on which said disk is revolubly mounted.

Signed by me at Waterville, Maine, this 24 day of Sept, 1920.

EVELYN L. SIMPSON.

Witnesses:

F. M. RoLLINs, GRACE L. VosE.

